Peter Gatien

'In the Limelight' photo book documents '90s NYC club scene (pics)

Nightlife photographer Steve Eichner poured through his archives for this new book featuring NYC clubs like Tunnel, Palladium, the Roxy, Club USA, Webster Hall and, of course, Limelight.

Megan Thee Stallion playing a Tunnel reunion with Funk Flex, Super Bowl shows, fests, and more

Funk Flex and Peter Gatien are reviving The Tunnel’s legendary Sunday hip hop nights for one night only, and Megan Thee Stallion will take part…

Limelight/Tunnel 'Club King' Peter Gatien releasing memoir

Peter Gatien, the ’80s/’90s NYC nightlife impresario who owned storied clubs Limelight, Tunnel, Club USA and Palladium, has written a memoir, titled The Club King: My Rise, Reign, and Fall in New York Nightlife, which is out in March.

former Limelight owner Peter Gatien suing Dream Hotel for 'stealing' the name

Onetime New York nightclub impresario Peter Gatien is suing the Dream Hotel Group, accusing them of stealing the name of his ’80s/’90s hotspot Limelight. The boutique hotel chain is planning to open a club called Limelight in its yet-to-open Dream Hollywood.

Limelight church now houses high end Chinese restaurant Jue Lan Club, private dining room named for Peter Gatien

The church that housed Peter Gatien’s iconic NYC’s ’80s/’90s club Limeliight has a few different things since the music stopped. A new club, Avalon, then a high-end mall, called Limelight Marketplace that opened in 2010, and part of the space has been a David Barton Gym since 2014…

Lady Miss Kier does not approve of the "Limelight" movie

In my sort-of-review of the new “Limelight” documentary I wrote sort-of-jokingly that “it would have been nice to hear a nasty quote or two in the movie from one of the many ex-Gatien employes who hated Peter’s wife…

'Limelight' documentary opens in theaters

Limelight is a documentary about “the rise and fall of New York’s greatest nightclub empire”, or more specifically, about club owner Peter Gatien…

Arthur Weinstein, RIP

Art passed yesterday, after a courageous fight with cancer. Known to everyone with clout in the nightclub industry, Art was a familiar face for a few decades…